The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-29
THE PARISHES.
EAST CARROLL.

THE PARISHES.
EAST CARROLL.
Que by one the fire tiend has &C.
,troycd The handsome homes when
,n,., adorned our beautiful lake: Bel
,a..o ana Arlington are the only TWO
noy left to tell the story o.! past pros
JACKSON.
A negro man died last week In the
second ward who we guess was aoou'
49, ,,iss, person in the parish. From
what he could tell of his early life and
from, what was known of him by the
oldest white citizens Of the Wasd, his
age was estimated at not less than l1o
YEARS. Vernon Times.
ST, CHARLES.
Wa are informed that the United
States ,aarshais are at il again on the
i Sabine in this parish. They claim That
the public tim hered lands have been
tresoassed upon recently, and 'hey are
prosecuting and making arrests. Inc,
papers are made returnable at Calves
ton where the charges are TO Dc prose-
cuted, The government seems not
content with prosecuting the men
whom, it is claimed cut and sold the
logs. but it is bringing sult-against the
supposed purchasers of the jayhawked
timber.-Loke Charles Echo.
FRANKLIN.
Thursday morning the lifeiess bodies
: of Perry King and Drew Green, colored'
, were found hanging to the same limo
: of an oak tree on the Delhi road, some
r
. Last Saturday night two young ladies,
, daughters of Mrs. Baker the postmis-
a tress. were awakened by noise at
!, their bed room window and the ap-
. pearance of hurley negro entering the
d window, They screamed for help and
:. the burglars beat a hasty retreat. An
n Ak helye was found Oh the window sill,
which was identified as having been
= seen in the possession of Perry King
t. late that evening. On Tuesday king
d was arrested and posse was sent a'ter
Of Drew Green, against whom there was
re also strong proof. Green was captured
n at Tallulah Wednesday evening and
reached Lamar at s p. m. The prison.
ers were to have been conveyed to
IS town the next morning, but at II
a. o'clock Wednesday night an armed
re body OF men, between fifty and seventy
r. five in number, came to where the
OF prisoners were being guarded and TOOK
70. them from the guards. The next morn
d. ;rr ,:leic bodies were found hanging to
,se a limb. We understand full COMES
in sion was made by King that they had
MS zone to the room to ravish the youns
ITO ladies. Both negroes were worthless
nd characters, one Of them, Perry King
in. having served a term in the peniten
". tary.-Stn.
ere WINK.
.he WINFIELD, La, Oct. 19.-Specla
49, To-day this community was shocked
M to learn that Joseph 3. Adams, eS
sheriff, had committed suicide. IN
cause which led him to commit TN
crs. rash act are about as fellows:
The On Monday, the 10th inst, W. L
ers, Adams, his SOD, shot aud killed ME
law. thew NJ. Smith, very promlner
nee nlantar of ward 5, OF this parish. III
ing evidence iii this case was very po, ,',,s
in and shows that young Adams kllle
dies Smith without any pfoVoca'Aon' "
of least any justifiable reason. Your
,an- Adams, ana Levi Fslne'l MS aecessoA,
At were arrested aud jailed on the Tue
Pal Hav following, and on Thursday II
ma. lowing Joseph Is. Adams, and anoth
.iou son. John G. Adams were arrested
PROS accessory after the fact. j. Is. and
light G.. Adams afterwards gave bond. I
The Monday their trial was commence
@ .c. and continued until late that eVenln
JEFF when the parties released on bond we
d to home to be back next morning, at
A O'Clock. On the following morni
heir Joseph B. Adams and his nephew W.
coming back TO court and hau CO..
about two-thirds of the way when n
S'' Adams remarked to his nephew Il
an he has. left his medicine at home, Il
that if he had to stay in court all day
the would need it and he must go bf
wag- and get it aud to tell the sheriff that
] u!y, would be ia court as soon as he COZ
inent get there. Arriving at home, he !
will his coat on the bed and took pis
cot OF (tho one used by his son to Kill Smi
COM and shot himself twice near the he'
&c }. killing himself instantly. His
orday tried to get the pistol away from n
in OF but he drove her from the room.
lGard note Yves found IN his pocket, Whic
ehsS. as follows:
| 900 "This 10th day of October. A. D., !
Il she To the world at large: !, j. Il. Ada
;eGtsu have lived until my troubles are SO